 Includes housing until Saturday, the 1st of March.. Stay a day or two and recover and get sunburned. Two weeks of fun (grinding very hard stage race is fun?) in the sun. Racing is over 27th, hotels until the 28th, if you want to stay a day or three, bring some cash for cheap tourist hotel.

 Depart NY on Monday Feb 17 (if not flying from NY area or connecting through NY, make contact to determine appropriate course of action).

  ability to speak/read/communicate in spanish is a plus - but NOT required.

Down n' Dirty at the Dump Race Returns

Schwalbe-Epic CC presents the "Down n' Dirty at the Dump XC Classic", April,6 2003. This XC race with be held at the Hartland Mountainbike Park in Victoria. "D-3" as it is becoming to be known,will be part of the Vancouver Island XC Race Series. The race is the first of the series. Information about the race can be found at the "Southern Island Mountainbike Society" web site www.simbs.com. Go to forums/XC discussion/Island series race update.